Steve Pearce on Corporations

Republican Representative (NM-2)

Less regulation on businesses

Udall spoke out against tax subsidies that favor large corporations and said more attention needs to be paid to small businesses. He also spoke out against the growing national deficit.
Pearce echoed the call for lower taxes on small business and said there should be less regulation as well.

strategies and services to more fully engage employers and meet their needs, as well as those to assist at-risk youth and out-of-school youth in acquiring education, skills, credentials, and employment experience;

how the state board will convene industry or sector partnerships that lead to collaborative planning;

how the state will use technology to facilitate access to services in remote areas;

state actions to foster partnerships with non-profit organizations that provide employment-related services; and

the methodology for determining one-stop partner program contributions for the cost of the infrastructure of one-stop centers.

Repeals title VI (Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities)

Opponent's Argument for voting No:National League of Cities op-ed, "H.R. 803 fails because it would:"

Undermine the local delivery system that has been the cornerstone of job training programs

Establish a program that is based on political boundaries (states) rather than on economic regions and local labor markets, or the naturally evolving areas in which workers find paying work

Eliminate a strong role for local elected officials but require that they continue to be fiscally liable for funds spent in their local areas

Change what was once a program targeted to those most in need--economically disadvantaged adults and youth and special population groups like veterans, migrant farm workers, and low income seniors--into a block grant to governors

Contribute to the emerging division between those American's who have the requisite skills to find employment and those who do not.

Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation.

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation [and as part of that process, fully disclosing executive compensation].

Proponents support voting YES because:

We should not deprive the public, the stockholders, from being able to do anything meaningful once they find out about scandalous levels of executive compensation or board compensation. Everyone talks about the corporate board as the remedy. But the board is often a part of the problem, being paid huge amounts of money for showing up once or twice a year at meetings.

Give the stockholders a meaningful remedy. Once you get the mandatory disclosure put in place by previous legislation, we are saying the stockholders should be allowed to have a referendum on that and not have a runaround by the board.

Opponents support voting NO because:

This vote is based on mischaracterization--it is an unnecessary amendment. The opportunity for these kinds of votes already exists within the structure of corporate governance right now. A good company from Georgia, AFLAC, went ahead and already has these nonbinding shareholder votes. But there is a difference between having individuals in the private sector, shareholders and individuals outside of the mandating of government to have it occur and have government come in with its heavy hand and say, this is exactly what you need to do because we know best. Our constituents know better how to act and how to relate to corporations than Washington.

Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks.

Vote to pass a bill that would repeal an export tax break for U.S. manufacturers ruled an illegal trade subsidy by the World Trade Organization, while providing for about $140 billion in new corporate tax cuts. Revenue raising offsets would decrease the cost of the bill to $34.4 billion over 11 years. It would consist of a buyout for tobacco farmers that could not go over $9.6 billion. It also would allow the IRS to hire private collection agencies to get back money from taxpayers, and require individuals who claim a tax deduction for a charitable donation of a vehicle to obtain an independent appraisal of the car.

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